standard error

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So, each IQ test score has a standard error of measurement that accounts for the margin of error above and below the test-taker’s score.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

The margin of error depends on the confidence level or percentage of confidence and the standard error of the mean.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

This is sometimes called the standard error of the estimate.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Definition: A t test is obtained by dividing a regression coefficient by its standard error and then comparing the result to critical values for Students' t with Error df.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

In each sample mean, standard error, standard deviation, and extremes are shown.

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.